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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF YELLOW JAMBHALA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16835
6 1/4 in. (16 cm) high

$4,000 - 6,000

清 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金黃財神像

The wealth deity sits above the sun disk of a lotus, in a relaxed
pose with his right foot resting on a vase of overflowing plenty. In his
right hand he offers a boon. In his left hand he grasps a mongoose
magically dispensing a jewel from its digestive tract. A similar example
which also shows Yellow Jambhala seated above a single row of
lotus petals combined with a rim of incised wavy lines that imitate the
flower’s stamen is in the Alice S. Kandell Collection, published in Rhie
& Thurman, A Shrine for Tibet, New York, 2009, pp.222-3, no.V-17.

Provenance
Private Colorado Collection, acquired 1970s/80s
Private US Collection

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